Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
I am not sure whether Andy McCarthy blew positive to drugs or alcohol, but it doesn’t matter, they are both substances of abuse and addiction. McCarthy is a brilliant driver, and by all reports a lovely young man. We all just hope he gets better soon. Come home son, where people love you and care. […]
The statistical sample size is far too small to be scientific, and no doubt it is just sheer coincidence and the time of year, but the odd correlation between HRV Integrity Chief Brent Fisher’s departure from the role and the Emma Stewart stable’s loss of form has set tongues wagging around the Victorian tracks. Fisher […]
SAFE NZ’s Will Appelbe says he’s spoken with “a number of people in the industry” who all fear the rapidly declining numbers are not an example of an industry bettering itself for the sake of its dogs, but one willing to do everything it can to save itself – even if that means harming them […]
Recently we told you the story of Mark Dunnett, the previously very slow pacer prepared by Courage Under Fire’s trainer Bruce Negus, who was transferred to the Sunshine Boys down at Wooden Beach and grew two legs and found an extra five seconds in speed. One of our Kiwi readers decided to take the matter […]
Some days are diamonds and some days are stones, and anyone who tells you they’ve got a certainty for you in a race is a drone. Just check out race 2 at Gloucester Park on Friday night if you need any proof. The $121 shot in betting Double Up is probably the first horse in […]
Chicago Bull didn’t win the Group 2 Pat Cranley memorial at Gloucester Park on Friday night – it was impossible to beat the Team Bond triple team drive when they sizzle home in 28.5, 28.2 and 27.4 to run a mile rate of 1.52.6 on the tight turning half mile track – but at his […]
The Stewards thought there was something fishy about Andrew Bourke’s drive on Delightful Jazz, the horse four back the fence in the black and white as the film starts in this race. I do too. Bourke was called into the room to explain why he remained on the fence from the 400m mark to the […]
He’s a Star Man ‘That was arrogant’ caller David Fowler declared as Nash swung on the Waller trained Starman and looked around as he coasted to the post in first place, with daylight second. It sure was. Flying High Like a Rocket in the Sky Michael Costa’s rain dance worked. Sir Rocket was unbeaten on […]
Remember the tale we told you about how Gaita Pullicino switched her drive after the markets had been set last Tuesday at Globe Derby, and pulled off a big plunge? Well that was only part 1 of the story. The horse that she was originally set down to drive on Tuesday – the one that […]
One of paramount responsibilities of the QRIC Steward in the saddling enclosure is to check the brands of the horses as they come in from the stables to get mounted and ready to race, and to make sure they match up with the saddlecloth number and silks of the horse. In other words, to make […]
